Person Reference in Interaction - Linguistic, Cultural and Social Perspectives (Paperback)

How do we refer to people in everyday conversation? No matter the language or culture, we must choose from a range of options: full name ('Robert Smith'), reduced name ('Bob'), description ('tall guy'), kin term ('my son') etc. Our choices reflect how we know that person in context, and allow us to take a particular perspective on them. This book brings together a team of leading linguists, sociologists and anthropologists to show that there is more to person reference than meets the eye. Drawing on video-recorded, everyday interactions in nine languages, it examines the fascinating ways in which we exploit person reference for social and cultural purposes, and reveals the underlying principles of person reference across cultures from the Americas to Asia to the South Pacific. Combining rich ethnographic detail with cross-linguistic generalizations, it will be welcomed by researchers and graduate students interested in the relationship between language and culture.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Language Culture and Cognition
Release date:	July 2012
First published:	March 2012
Editors:	N.J. Enfield • Tanya Stivers
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	370
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-40492-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General
LSN:	1-107-40492-4
Barcode:	9781107404922

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